A performance artist, sculptor, installation and social artist Konstantin Dimopoulos's artworks are grounded in his sociological and humanist philosophy. The Blue Trees uses transformation and change through color and was a feature installation in the 2011 Vancouver Biennale, Canada, and since then has been created around the United States and in New Zealand. Dimopoulos will continue to install The Blue Trees in other major global cities over the coming months. Other social art installations by Dimopoulos include Black Parthenon, a light installation about cultural appropriation; Virus, 'Level 4' and Savage Garden about environmental ecocide; and Paradise Lost about domestic violence. Black Pharoahs was about the artist's experience as a young Greek migrant from Egypt to New Zealand in the early 1960s. "As an artist I think in images. These installations are my 'voice' about global issues, a visual platform to effect change." As a sculptor Dimopoulos has created his signature linear sculptures that are in public spaces and private collections in Australia, the United States, Europe and New Zealand. These works are defined by colour, mass, repetition and form. Many are dynamic, choreographed by the wind, bringing an organic simplicity into the urban or natural environments. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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1. Isn't he painting in the wrong place? It's the Amazon area that needs the most saving.